Holopneustes purpurascens Short-spine Urchin, Eastern egg urchin

Holopneustes purpurascens is commonly referred to as Short-spine Urchin, Eastern egg urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11775 

AphiaID:

569179 

Scientific:

Holopneustes purpurascens 

German:

Seeigel 

English:

Short-spine Urchin, Eastern Egg Urchin 

Category:

Sjöborrar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Temnopleuridae (Family) > Holopneustes (Genus) > purpurascens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Agassiz, ), 1872 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), South Australia, Tasmania (Australia) 

Sea depth:

1 - 8 Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

12,5 °F - 24,6 °F (12,5°C - 24,6°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Holopneustes inflatus
  Seegras-Seeigel
• 
  Holopneustes porosissimus
  Seeigel
• 
  Holopneustes purpurascens
  Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-11-05 16:38:38 

Last edit:

2018-11-05 18:44:21 

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